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hospital gunfire. it's prisoner versus police officer inside a baltimore county emergency room. >> what led to a gun going off. a terrifying afternoon at university of maryland st. joseph medical center when a prisoner tries to wrestle away the gun of a police officer guarding him in the emergency room. wjz is live at the hospital. megan mccorchal has more on what happened. >> reporter: the prisoner turned on the hospital staff and the officer that was

guarding him. >> reporter: police cars flood the entrance to the emergency room at university of maryland st. joseph medical center. >> a police officer and the prison got into a scuffle. >> reporter: fellow officers rushed to help that female officer. the officer was guarding a prisoner who had been take ton the e.r. for medical attention, but a hospital staffer noticed something wrong. >> at some point, one of the hospital staff people discovered that the prisoner had a needle of some sort hidden in his clothing. >> reporter: the man then grabbed a hospital staffer. that's when the officer stepped in and the prisoner tried to grab her gun. a shot was fired into the wall. >> the officer discharge pepper spray in an attempt to subdue the prisoner. >> reporter: backup officers warmed the hospital and got the suspect under control. >> reporter: during the investigation, the hospital restricted vehicle access to

the e.r., blocking off one of the entrances. >> reporter: in a statement to wjz. hospital officials say thanks to quick response of the emergency dpart department staff, the incident wreaz solved quickly with now no injury to staff or patients. >> reporter: we have learned the suspect has been arrested on a burglary charge. >> county police will conduct an investigation into out how gun was discharged. we're following breaking news in northwest baltimore where city police make their thousandth illegal gun arrest this afternoon. they stopped a home invasion in progress. the gun crackdown is a key part of the department's strategy to stop violent crime. increased foot patrols are credited. >> tonight as we've had more than 400 extra police officers

walking the streets to make sure we get on top of the slight spike twheaf had in violent crime. >> this tells me we can be a safer city as long as we continue our relentless pursuit of illegal guns. an east baltimore mother is qharnlged in the stabbing death of her son, paris. the little boy was killed in their home this weekend. fits expwrerld has -- charged in the stabbing death of her son, paris. the little boy was killed in their home this weekend. fitzgerald has a stab wound on her never that was self inflict -- that was self-infliblghted.

doctors became concerned about their low supply of a drug needed to reverse anesthesia on -- inflicted. doctors became concerned about their low supply of a drug needed to reverse anesthesia on patients. drug shortages have become increasingly common. the number of drugs on the fda's shortage list has more than triples. >> reporter: how concerned are you? >> i think the public needs to be concerned but not pan pinged virtually every hospital in the country is facing the difficulty. >> reporter: manufacturing problems, drug companies eliminating older drugs in favor of more profitable one, and middle-man companies that buy up drugs in short supply and reselling them at huge markups. it gained big attention after

brenda freese and her husband spoke out about a drug that her son needed to survive was in short supply. >> i think if it's not criminal, it should be made a crime, because what you're dealing is stealing somebody's life. >> reporter: derek malcort, wjz eyewitness news. >> the fda has tightened rules on drug manufacturers. the national hurricane center is changing its warning system after superstorm sandy caught many off-guard. they are changing the definitions so people will be ready for extreme conditions. people in krisfield are still suffering from sandy's damage after a federal decision not to provide aid to storm-

battered residents. the city's mayor is challenging the federal decision. >> is there water coming into your residence right now. >> yes, ma'am. >> try to stay calm. >> reporter: taking stock of the damage came next. sitting just above the bay, many in town took a hit. >> my building took a big beating. it's the worst i've seen. >> clearly, krisfield took it the hardest. a lot of people have been swamped out of their home. >> reporter: after seeing their damage, the governor asked for federal disaster relief. federal help won't be coming to homeowners and businesses does because not enough damage could be done. it is not based upon the trauma to the individual. >> we need help. we need help. we cannot do it. >> reporter: the reason, many

who lost furnaces, first floors, and roofs, do not have the money to make repairs. >> we are a small town in a rural area, and you've gotten a look at the level of damage that we had. the level of the income in this area, which is extremely low, take all of that into consideration. >> reporter: maryland's members of congress say they will restate that dilemma to fema, just as they did when floodwaters were still in the streets over a month ago. >> governor o'malley will appeal fema's decision. what is baltimore's biggest tourist draw? it's not the blue crabs, but you're close. it's the national aquarium at bolt mother. the aquarium finds it has an economic impact of more than $300 million on the

baltimore/washington region. more than half of the 3 million visitors are from out of the state. a robbery is about to be -- an army/navy game will pit future warriors against each other. kais live at tonight's proudy pep rally. >> reporter: it's a clash of military titans. the pep rally generated big hit heath in annapolis. >> reporter: the midshipmen are ready to do battle with their biggest rival, the u.s. military academy, army, which is located in new york. >> many of these guys will go out and serve. it's like brother against brother. >> reporter: this year's game will be played in philadelphia with but before that happens, they host their annual pep

rally to pump up the team. they played more than stars and stripes. >> i can't wait to dominate army and have a final hoo-rah. >> it's exciting to go into the last army/navy game for our class. >> reporter: this will be the 113th meeting between the two teams. we continue an eyewitness news tradition for the pep rally, which explains this is a fire, this is fireworks, and this is fired up. [ cheering ] >> reporter: if you're keeping score, navy was won 56 of the games. army's won 49. they have tied 7. >> zeal we'll see what happens next. kai, thank you pup can see that great college football rivalry

here on wjz. coming up, a handyman kidnapped and forced to fix things. the bizarre case that put a california couple in jail and the motive behind. >> billionaire software developer john mcafee under arrest after he's chased out of hiding. >> reporter: a hospital gives away confidential information about the duchess kate middleton. more on the royal security leak coming up next. >> the december chill is back. how long will it last? i'm bob turk. i'll have a complete first warning forecast coming up next.

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it's clear and 39 degrees in central maryland right now. the strongest tie mean of the -- fie noon of the -- tie mean of the year -- typhoon of the year kills millions in the philippines. the country is hit by about 20 each year. breaking news in the case of a billionaire software

developerring seeking asylum by police. he's been arrested by guatemalan police. he's a person of interest in the shooting death of his neighbor. he smuggled himself and his girlfriend into guatemala. he was detained for entering the country illegally. mcafee claims the bolivian government is on a witch hunt and has wrongfully charged him with a string of crimes. hunters in iowa found two bodies that may belong to two young cousins that have been missing for months. investigators later found only their bicycles and a pink purse nearby the place they were last seen. the bodies are being sent to the state's medical examiner's office. a handyman was kidnapped and forced to do repairs. the kidnappers made him fix

this washer and a broken door. detectives say they were unhappy for the work he did for the husband's mother two movements earlier. taking an estrogen-blocking drug for long periods of time may prevent breast cancer from coming back. parents who took tomoxofin cut the recurrence 21%. it lowered the risk of dying from the cancer by 29%. previous research showed taking the drug for more than 5 years were harmful. a prank caller posing as the queen tries to trick a hospital into giving out information about kate middleton, and hospital nurses fall for the whole thing. mary bubala has the entire phone call that duped the royal hospital. >> reporter: the dutches of

cambridge gets a hospital visit from her sister pippa and her husband james, a day after a prank call got to kate's nurse. the australian d expwrrkss pulling the prank got past the operator and tricked kate's nurse too. they revealed that the duchess had not thrown up during her shift. >> he's been given some fluids to rehide rate her. >> reporter: the nurse said kate was sleeping despite being away from her own bed. a second dj pretending to be prince charles replied, it's no palace, is it? >> when would it be all right to come down and see her? maybe in the morning or something if that's okay. >> anything after 9:00 would be suitable. >> reporter: the call went on for several minutes, complete with the queen's fabling dogs barking in the background. the radio hosts apologized for

the hoax, saying they thought they would be disconnected when the nurse heard their terrible accents. >> reporter: the hospital president promises to investigate the breakdown in phone security. >> the hospital has provided care to the royal family for 70 years. if you make the nice list this year, santa could bring you a new $400 gift card to starbucks. the expensive card is edged in stainless steel and being sold exclusively at guilt.com. $400 will buy you 200 cups of grande brewed coffee. >> and you have to ask the question, why? >> convenience, i guess. >> or could u could make your own coffee at home and save gas a lot of money.

let's look at temps and conditions around the region right now with scheer skies. it has gotten chilly compared to earlier this week. dew points way down to 20 degrees. breeze is 8 miles per hour. the barometer is way back up. 27 in oakland. 33 in cumberland. lots of 30s north of the city. still kind of mild. compared to what we've seen, this is a big difference. 44 down by the bay. we have a northwest wind still breezy to our south. the winds are getting down to 4, 5, 6-mile per hour. so a cold night on tap. the front that gave us some crowds and no rain at all, a little bit of rain moved through the area this morning, being replaced by cold high pressure that bumped in from

canada. but it will not last for a long time. some lake effect snow is in the area. just a few high, thing clouds. this front to the south is stalling out it will move to the weekend. there's warm air that we saw. some of that warm air will ride over this chillily air. we could see some showers here as early as saturday night or sunday. probably your best chance will come sunday night into monday. temperature-wise, down to 39 here. not all that cold right now. 28, 37 in winnipeg. there's some mild air here that will come back to the renal by early this weekend. so cool tonight, yes. but as time moves on, here comes that mild air once again. there will be some rain north of us and south of us. most of the region will be dry until the latter part of the weekend. southeast winds 5 to 10 knots, the bay temp around 48.

tonight, clear and chilly, down to around 29 degrees by the morning. tomorrow, lots of sun, but it will be cool, 45 for a high. our normal high is around 48. clouds saturday and sunday. some showers likely early monday, and then it turns chilly again for tuesday. coming one terps men's basketball lights up the college park scoreboard

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nothing like good terps basketball. stan is here with our wjz the fan sports report. >> the team has been winning handily, and then the coach decides to shuffle the startings lineup, and it works. the men's hoopsters got their 7th straight win this weekend,

breezing through winless maryland eastern shore. the team picked to finish 12th in the meac. no fear, tyrese jones hit 18 of his team's first 38 points. conversely, leading the charge of the terps, logan aaronhalt, 13 of his 18 from beyond the arc. maryland hit hits 66% field goal accuracy tonight. terps, 168. they dumped the clock on them tonight. kai jackson's alma mater also in the meac. to college football, will he or won't he play? terrel suggs suffered a

partially torn by accepts muscle. he says he will try to get on the field and slow that 6-6 redskins meteoric flow. they've won 3 straight and are 3-3 at home. >> what i'm most concerned is will i help or hinder the team by playing? i don't want to not be able to make a play because i'm unhealthy and don't have a full biceps. >> ray lewis practiced for the first time since mid-october. he's making terrific progress and plans to play again this season. between you and me, it won't be this season. the beltway battle revisited sunday at 5:00.

and after that show, tune it n to former raven wally williams and yours truly. highlights and analysis on wjz13. finally, december bird talk. orioles outfielder nate mccloud is rewarded for his short-lived but spectacular odd say. he's been resigned to a 1-year, $2 million deal with some healthy monetary incentives based on performance. he flirts with the chance to play every day if he shows the same ability he did while he was here for

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the mayor of honolulu goes gangnam style for the holidays. mayor peter carlisle pulled out his best dance moved. carlisle, several members of his staff, and the hawaii pacific university's dance team all shared the stage. this is just the latest imitations. >> and his security tells

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